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spica cylindracea denslssime imbrlcata, bracteis subrotundo-ovatis 

 erosis, sepalis ovatis, petalis ovato-lanceolatis serrulatis, labello 

 truncate subquadrato obscure 4-lobo : laciniis subsequalibus acu- 

 tis. — A plant with the foliage of Aporum anceps." 



Specimens in fruit. Stems up to 16 cm. high. Leaves 2-3 cm. 

 long, 8 mm. wide, obtuse, conduplicate, imbricate. Raceme about 

 5 cm. long. Fruit a broadly elHpsoidal sessile capsule, 2 mm. long. 



Pagbilao, Prov. Tayabas, Luzon, April, 1903, E. D. Merrill 

 (no. 1966) (date on field notes is given as 2/3/'03). — " On trees, 

 in shaded ravines," Culion Island, December 24, 1902, E. D. 

 Merrill (no. 569). 



CERATOSTYLIS, Blume 



C. PHiLippiNENSis, Rolfe, sp. nov. "A dwarf much-branched 

 tufted herb, 4-6 inches high. Stems rather slender, clothed with 

 imbricating striate sheaths, which are tubular below, and oblong- 

 lanceolate and acute above. Leaves terete, fleshy, subacute, f-l^ 

 inches long. Flowers in terminal, few-flowered fascicles. Pedun- 

 cles slender, 1-flowered, somewhat villous. Bracts ovate, apiculate, 

 concave, Ij lines long. Pedicels somewhat villous, 1 hn. long. 

 Sepals ovate-oblong, subobtuse, somewhat concave, 1| lin. long. 

 Petals Hnear, acute, 1| lin. long. Lip subcordate-oblong, sub- 

 acute, 1|^ lin. long ; disc bearing three slender parallel keels. 

 Column stout, f lin. long. — Lamao River, Mt. Mariveles, Prov. 

 Bataan, Merrill, n. 3247; Benguet, Loher. Allied to the Ma- 

 layan C. pendula, Hook, f., but readily distinguished by its 

 longer, more slender leaves, and differences in the structure of 

 the flower." — R. A. Rolfe in MS. 



Roots fibrous, densely hairy. Plants of straggling habit, much 

 branched, clothed with rufous, acute, striate bracts. Stem 1-1.5 mm. 

 thick. Leaves solitary, linear, articulate at base. Flowers solitary, 

 white, fragrant. Peduncles less than 1 cm. long, clothed below 



